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Villanova Tourist Harbour and Castle, Ostuni

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Villanova Tourist Harbour and Castle, Ostuni

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Villanova Tourist Harbour and Castle, Ostuni

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Location: Ostuni, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy

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1. Torre Santa Sabina – The Coves of Torre Pozzelle loop from Pantanagianni

35.9km

02:18

90m

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2. Torre Pozzelle – Torre Santa Sabina loop from Ostuni

56.1km

03:34

190m

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3. Ancient Olive Trees of Ostuni – Ostuni – The White City loop from Ostuni

40.7km

02:55

340m

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OstuniGo 🇮🇹

April 11, 2025

it is a tourist port protected by two piers: the eastern pier 70 m long with quayside and bollards and the western pier 280 m long. Inside the dock there are some docks reserved for pleasure boats

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OstuniGo 🇮🇹

April 11, 2025

In 1278 the walls of Villanova were built, and about 20 years later the castle was built by the Angevins, who took over the domination of Ostuni from the Swabian-Normans, who were responsible for the intensification of olive cultivation. From surviving documents, demonstrating its strategic importance, it appears that around the 15th century the castle was a fully active defensive structure. In fact, the city of Ostuni under Aragonese domination, thanks also to the castle and the small port of Villanova, managed to maintain the status of a state city, therefore free from feudal duties. Due to the various destructions over time, little remains of the original 14th-century construction. Currently the castle is made up of three bodies that act as square towers with a sloped base. Around the building, at the height of the first floor, runs a tubular torus and from the roof of the building rises a turret modeled on the prototype of a lighthouse. Ref. fondoambiente.it/luoghi/castello-del-porto-turistico-di-villanova-ostuni

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Anto

September 17, 2025

A stroll along the seafront in the center of the Villanova marina

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Location: Ostuni, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy

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Villanova Tourist Harbour and Castle, Ostuni

1. Torre Santa Sabina – The Coves of Torre Pozzelle loop from Pantanagianni

2. Torre Pozzelle – Torre Santa Sabina loop from Ostuni

3. Ancient Olive Trees of Ostuni – Ostuni – The White City loop from Ostuni

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